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Tender Is The Night: Arlo Parks

Tender Is The Night: Arlo Parks

In three short years, Arlo Parks’ life has changed beyond recognition. Yet, between global acclaim and a move to LA, on second LP ‘My Soft Machine’ she’s learning the importance of the small things.

Stay Positive: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Stay Positive: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Returning with their first album in nearly a decade, "Cool It Down' is here to remind the world that no one does it quite like Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Carly Rae Jepsen: Alone Together

Carly Rae Jepsen: Alone Together

On her fifth album, pop's ray of sunshine Carly Rae Jepsen found herself dappled by shadows. Out of the introspection came "The Loneliest Time': a record that finds power in curiosity and self-belief.

Through The Wires: BODEGA

Idiosyncratic New York band BODEGA's second album, "Broken Equipment', offsets a healthy scepticism of technology with a distinctly human edge.

Empire State of Mind: IDLES

With fourth album "CRAWLER' making sonic and lyrical leaps forward, we join IDLES in New York to watch its visceral message unfurl firsthand:

Steady As She Goes: Courtney Barnett

Steady As She Goes: Courtney Barnett

A slower pace and more than a little self-reflection paved the way for ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’: a third album that finds Courtney Barnett shedding the cynicism and making room for joy.

Alive & Kicking: Parquet Courts

Alive & Kicking: Parquet Courts

What do you do when you’re heading into your 7th album and 2nd decade as a band? If you’re Parquet Courts, then you go out clubbing, take a load of psychedelics and carry on your sweet contrarian way.

Jersey Boy: Bleachers' Jack Antonoff

Jersey Boy: BleachersJack Antonoff

Stepping out from behind the production desk and back behind the mic for the newest Bleachers album, we meet the most in-demand man in pop to find out how it all went so right.

Wolf Alice: Full Throttle

Wolf Alice: Full Throttle

With ‘Blue Weekend’, Wolf Alice are proving that the best bands don't always have to shout the loudest. Their finest work yet, DIY dives deep into the joy of getting comfortable with your own voice…

Everyday Madness: Dry Cleaning

Everyday Madness: Dry Cleaning

Finding beauty in the banal, and documenting life through a curious eye, Dry Cleaning’s debut finds the London band cementing their singular perspective - and upping the sonic ante along the way.

Non-Stop: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard

Non-Stop: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard

Approved by legends like Iggy Pop and Michael Sheen, this Cardiff quartet are going with their gut, and revelling in a bit of good, old fashioned glam-rock fun.

Divine Intervention: Angel Olsen

Divine Intervention: Angel Olsen

For her new opus, ‘Whole New Mess’ finds Angel Olsen looking to the future but reaching back to the past, to an emotionally-purging set of recordings that would lead the singer to her rawest work yet.

Mysterious Visions: Sorry

Mysterious Visions: Sorry

Sorry have spent the last few years creating their own blueprint. With the release of debut ‘925’, they might be plugging into the machine, but they’re still charging it with the same wayward energy.

In The Studio: Fontaines DC

In The Studio: Fontaines DC

The breakthrough band of 2019 show no signs of relenting, and have already finished work on a “dreamier” second effort that tries to make sense of their whirlwind year.

Every Good: Porridge Radio

Every Good: Porridge Radio

From Brighton’s DIY underground scene, Dana Margolin and pals are finally peeking their heads above the parapet and aiming for something bigger.

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